1929 in Italy

Events during the year 1929 in Italy.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Victor Emmanuel III
• Prime Minister: Benito Mussolini

Events

• 11 February – The Lateran Treaty, an agreement between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See, is signed in Rome. The Concordat of 1929 made Catholicism the sole religion of Italy; this remained the case until 1984.
• April – The first of the Saccopastore skulls is discovered.

Births

• 3 January – Sergio Leone, film director (died 1989)
• 11 January – Nicoletta Orsomando, continuity announcer (died 2021)
• 26 February – Paolo Ferrari, actor (died 2018)
• 15 March – Antonietta Stella, operatic soprano (died 2022)
• 8 July – Milena Greppi, hurdler (died 2016)
• 23 July – Gaetano Giuliano, politician (died 2023)
• 4 August – Gabriella Tucci, operatic soprano (died 2020)
• 6 September – Beppe Menegatti, theatre director (died 2024)
• 4 November – Riccardo Ehrman, journalist (died 2021)
• 1 December – Valentino Valli, footballer (died 2021)
• 19 December – Lorenzo Buffon, footballer (died 2025)

Deaths

• 7 January – Eugenio Tosi, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan (born 1864)
• 12 April – Enrico Ferri, criminologist (born 1856)
• 9 November – Guido Keller, aviator and political activist (born 1892)

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